Fatal plane crash departed Alpine at 2:30 a.m., NTSB reports

(Alpine, Wyo.) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) just
released the preliminary investigation report for the March 13 crash near
the Alpine Airport that claimed the lives of four Idaho Falls residents
.
Here is the preliminary report released by the NTSB:
"This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain
errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report
has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this
investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work
without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare
this aircraft accident report.
"On March 13, 2016, about 0230 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182A,
N2230G, collided with terrain shortly after departing from Alpine Airport,
Alpine, Wyoming. The airplane was registered and operated by a private
individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Part 91. The private pilot and three passenger sustained fatal injuries;
the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country
flight was departing from Alpine with an assumed destination of Rigby
Airport, Rigby, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no
flight plan had been filed.
"A resident at the Alpine Airport stated that he heard the airplane land on
March 12 about 1930. The pilot and passengers then went to a local
restaurant for the night. The resident heard them depart about 0230 on
March 13. The departure sounded normal but he could not discern the slow
fading of noise of a takeoff that he could normally hear during a departure
due to the orientation of the mountains.
"The airplane wreckage was located about 1.5 mile north-northwest of the
runway and was consumed by fire. The wreckage was recovered for further
examination."
*Feature Photo: Plane crash wreckage outside of Alpine, Wyoming. h/t
Bonneville County Sheriff's Office / Pitchengine Communities.*
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Fatal plane crash departed Alpine at 2:30 a.m., NTSB reports

(Alpine, Wyo.) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) just
released the preliminary investigation report for the March 13 crash near
the Alpine Airport that claimed the lives of four Idaho Falls residents
.
Here is the preliminary report released by the NTSB:
"This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain
errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report
has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this
investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work
without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare
this aircraft accident report.
"On March 13, 2016, about 0230 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182A,
N2230G, collided with terrain shortly after departing from Alpine Airport,
Alpine, Wyoming. The airplane was registered and operated by a private
individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Part 91. The private pilot and three passenger sustained fatal injuries;
the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country
flight was departing from Alpine with an assumed destination of Rigby
Airport, Rigby, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no
flight plan had been filed.
"A resident at the Alpine Airport stated that he heard the airplane land on
March 12 about 1930. The pilot and passengers then went to a local
restaurant for the night. The resident heard them depart about 0230 on
March 13. The departure sounded normal but he could not discern the slow
fading of noise of a takeoff that he could normally hear during a departure
due to the orientation of the mountains.
"The airplane wreckage was located about 1.5 mile north-northwest of the
runway and was consumed by fire. The wreckage was recovered for further
examination."
*Feature Photo: Plane crash wreckage outside of Alpine, Wyoming. h/t
Bonneville County Sheriff's Office / Pitchengine Communities.*
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